Syntrichia caninervis could be a starting point for life on Mars ... in our study lay the foundation for outer space colonization using naturally selected plants adapted to extreme stress ...

Over billions of years planet Earth has become home to an amazing interdependent ecosystem containing a dizzying variety of animals and plants But how did life here begin And does it exist ...

A process called cryopreservation allows cells to remain frozen but alive for hundreds of years. For some animal cells, the moon is the closest place that's cold enough.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A mechanism regulating chloroplast development in plants has been identified, involving the TOC complex in the chloroplast outer membrane. A specific amino acid ...

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists say they found indications of potential life on K2-18b, a planet outside our solar system.